# 100 | Nøgne Ø - Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri A/S

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Pours a dark brown color. 1/3 inch head of an off-white color. Great retention and great lacing. Smells of strong alcohol, strong sweet malt, yeast, slight roasted malt, and slight earthiness. Fits the style of an American Barleywine. Mouth feel is quite sharp and clean, with an average carbonation level. There is also a distinct dryness and bitterness. Tastes of strong alcohol, strong sweet malt, yeast, slight roasted malt, hint of smoke, wood, and slight earthiness. Overall, good appearance, complexity, and body, but lacking in blend and sharpness and bitterness are a detraction.

Reviewed from notes. Poured from 16.9 oz. bottle into a Cigar City Brewing goblet.

A: Deep bronze, with a thin off-white head. Medium level of visible carbonation, and is quite hazy but stops just short of being opaque. Some yeasty sediment flecks sink to the bottom - I don't think I decanted this quite well enough.

T: Toffee and caramel, resinous sticky hops and caramelized orange rinds. Some brown sugar and a bit of molasses. Again, there's some cardboard oxidation especially in the hop oils. A mild raisiny sweetness - almost soaked in some ethanol (or maybe rum with the brown sugar flavors). It finishes with lingering sticky oily hop resins and brown sugary toasted malts.

M: Medium body with low carbonation sensation, which results in a slick mouthfeel. The alcohol is quite obvious for the listed ABV, but it's not crazy-hot.

O: This really wasn't my favorite, or even particularly good in my opinion. There's no date on the bottle that I can find, but I wonder how old this is (drank 8/11/16). It's nothing I’d drink again but it's not god-awful or anything.

An interesting story. Home-brewers want to grow their business with the mission of growing craft brewing in Norway; a wealthy country (oil) of mostly small towns. Turns out that drinking habits are slow to turn to the good stuff, so Nogne has to export its growing inventory. It does and develops a reputation among aficionados.

This barleywine is a good interpretation of the style. A pretty redhead, malty in the nose, complex and ever-changing blend of malt and hops, and rich in the mouth.